Shloka 6

अरण्यकपर्व — मार्कण्डेयकथिते रामविजयः, सीताशुद्धिः, अयोध्याप्रत्यागमनवर्णनम्

Rāma’s victory, Sītā’s vindication, and return to Ayodhyā as told by Mārkaṇḍeya

Devanagari script

मार्कण्डेय उवाच अजो नामाभवद्‌ राजा महानिक्ष्वाकुवंशज: । तस्य पुत्रो दशरथ: शश्रृत्स्वाध्यायवाउछुचि:,मार्कण्डेयजीने कहा--राजन्‌! इक्ष्वाकुवंशमें अज नामसे प्रसिद्ध एक महान्‌ राजा हो गये हैं। उनके पुत्र थे दशरथ, जो सदा स्वाध्यायमें संलग्न रहनेवाले और पवित्र थे

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “O king, in the Ikṣvāku line there was a great ruler famed as Aja. His son was Daśaratha, ever devoted to sacred study and of spotless purity.”

Word by Word

मार्कण्डेयःMarkandeya

उवाचsaid

अजःAja (name of a king)

नामby name

अभवत्was/became

राजाking

महान्great

इक्ष्वाकुवंशजःborn in the Ikshvaku lineage

तस्यof him/of that (king)

पुत्रःson

दशरथःDasharatha

शश्वत्always

स्वाध्यायवान्possessed of self-study (Vedic study)

चand

शुचिःpure

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes